Re: [RML] Breeding tanks- STEVE?
Dennis Holmes (dhdesign at onthenet.com.au)
Mon, 12 Jun 2000 19:16:22 +1000
> From: PETER.UNMACK at ASU.Edu
> Reply-To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 20:52:10 -0700 (MST)
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [RML] Breeding tanks
>
> On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Dennis Holmes wrote:
>
>> I've only got them in claer tanks, just them an a mop and the filter.
>> It's funny in the display tanks I have the fish are all wanting to spawn, I
>> put them in the tanks I have setup for breeding and it stops.
>
> Unless your fish are accustomed to being in a bare tank they are likely too
> stressed or uncomfortable to be able to spawn. In your display tank they all
> feel right at home and are happy as Larry, but when you dump them in a bare
> tank they may get a bit freaked out, and hence why they won't spawn. Try
> adding something to the tank to make the feel more at home. ie plants, rocks,
> substrate.
>
> Cheers
> Peter
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